Apparatus for making confections



March 3, 1936.

L OVERLAND ET AL APPARATUS FOR MAKNG coNFECTIoNs 2 Sheets-Sheet l FiledMarch 8, 1955 v SAS,

ATTORNEY Marh 3, 1936. L, QVERLAND ET AL 2,032,434

APPARATUS FOR MAKING CONFECTIONS.

Filed March 8, 1953 2 Sheets-snee?I 2 f 0,*- az 3% 3 :4-7 32e .aw 3/ r/'e6' :.1 --1 y] LJ am $2/ aff es O 32 INVENTORS ATTORNEY Patented Mar.3, 1936 UNITED STATES PATENT OFFICEv Leo Overland and Benjamin Brenner,Brooklyn, N. Y.

Application March 8, 1933, Serial No. 660,039

3 Claims.

This invention relates to depositors.

One of the objects of the invention is the production of depositors forcharging moulds to produce the shell of a confection and .also to chargesaid shells with confections to produce a single flavored or a double ormultiple flavored confection.

In the accompanying drawings Fig. 1 shows a section on the line I, I ofFig. 2 of an exemplification of a multiple manually operated depositor,

in this instance for the shells of confections; Fig. 2 is a section ofFig. 1 on the line 2, 2; Fig. 3 shows an enlarged fragmentary portion ofFig. 2; Fig. 4 indicates a bottom view of Fig. 3; Fig. 5 shows anelevation partly in vertical section of a multiple power drivendepositor, in this instance for the shells of confections; Fig. 6represents an enlarged fragmentary portion of Fig. 5 and .a section onthe line 6, 6 of Fig. '7; Fig. 7 shows a bottom view of the portion ofthe depositor shown in Fig. 6; Fig. 8 represents a side elevation for amultiple power driven depositor, in this instance for a single line ofshells for confections; Fig. 9 is an enlarged cross-section on the line9, 9 of Fig. 8; Fig. 10 shows an enlarged section of Fig. 8 on the lineI0, I9; Fig. 11 indicates a side elevation partly in cross-section of amultiple depositor manually operated, and power driven receivingapparatus in this instance for confections and Fig. 12 is a section ofFig. 11 on the line I2, I2.

Referring to Figs. 1, 2, 5, 8, and 11 of the drawings there areindicated containers for confections, which each comprises the conicalshaped shell open at its top end, and the flat bottom wall 3|, havingintegral therewith the inwardly extending cylindrical supporting lug 32.The said shell with its parts preferably comprise a hardened candy,chocolate and the like, which when manufactured are formedsimultaneously. A supporting stick of wood or eatable material, isindicated to have one end thereof extending from the lug 32.

Referring to Figs. 1 to 4 inclusive, a multiple manually operateddepositor is indicated with a receiving apparatus. Said apparatuscomprises the box indicated in its entirety by the numeral 90a. The saidbox is shown with the front wall 9|, rear wall 92, the side walls 93 andthe bottom wall 94. Within the said box is indicated the loose partition95 having a plurality of openings 96. In this instance, the shells 30 ofthe confections are indicated with their bottom walls 3|, lugs 32 andthe sticks 35. The said shells 30 extend through the openings 96 of thepartition 95, and the sticks 35 are shown with their lower ends bearingupon the bottom wall 94 of the box 90d. The multiple manually operateddepositor is indicated in its entirety by the numeral |00. The saiddepositor comprises the upper rectangular lling tank having-the frontwall IOI, the rear Wall |02, side walls |93, and the bottom wall |04.The wall |94 has formed therein a plurality of openings Iiiiia. From thebottom wall |04-, and in alignment with the openings I04a, extend thetapered discharge nozzles |05, which at their lower open ends, havehinged thereto the valves |03, by means of the hinge pins |01. Each ofthe valves |06 has extending therefrom ,the extension Il, having theopening I I. A plate spring I I5 has its bifurcated end with itsportions |16 thereof fastened to its accompanying discharge nozzle |05,and its other end Ill normally bears against the lower face of itsaccompanying valve |06. It will be noted that the valves |06 areindicated in pairs which are oppositely positioned to each other. To thefront and rear walls |0| and |02 of the depositor |09, are fastened theguide lugs |20. Operating bars are indicated at |22 which each haveextending therefrom the vertical members |23, connected by the operatinghandles |24. The vertical members |23 are guided in the guidelugs |20.Handles |26 are fastened to the walls I0 |k and |02. U shaped connectingbars are indicated as having each the longitudinal-members |30 and theupper member |3I, with the eye |32. The eyes |32 engage the operatingbars |22. The lower ends of each longitudinal member |30 has integraltherewith the hook end |35, which engages the opening I II of itsadjacent door |05. A supporting cover is shown with the horizontalmembers and the inclined members IIlI. The inclined members |4| arefastened to the walls of the adjacent tapered discharge nozzles |05. Itwill be noted that when the parts of the depositorv are in position, themembers |40 bear upon the walls 9| and 92 of the box a.. It will also benoted that the lower ends of the discharge nozzles |05 extend into theupper` ends of the shells 30.

The multiple manually operated depositor is used as follows. The shells30' with their appurtenances are placed within the box 99dy as alreadydescribed and shownin the drawings. The valves |06 of the dischargenozzles |05 are,n automatically maintained in their closed position bythe tension of the springs II5. The operator then lls the nozzles |05with the liquid or semi-frozen confection throughl the openings I04a.The contents o-f each of the discharge nozzles I 05 are each enough toll their accompanying-shells 39'. The operating handles |24 arev nowpulled up which open the valves |06 and the contents of the dischargenozzles |05 are deposited intov the shells 30. On releasing theoperating handles |24, the valves |06 are automatically closed by thetension of the springs ||5. The depositor |00 is now removed by means ofthe handles |26. The operator then takes the box 90a with its contents,covers the same with a cover and the box 90a with its contents issubjected to further refrigeration.

Referring to Figs. 5 to 7 inclusive, a multiple power driven depositoris indicated which comprises the filling tank |50, having the front Wall|5|, rear Wall |52, the inclined side Walls |53 and the bottom wall |54.The bottom wall |54 has a plurality of openings |55 therein. From thebottom wall |54, and in line with its openings |55, 'extend a pluralityof discharge nozzles |56. To the lower-end of each discharge nozzle |56is hinged the valve |58 by means of the hinge pin |59. A spring |60 foreach discharge nozzle has its bifurcated portions thereof, as indicatedin |,6|, fastened to the said discharge nozzle. Its other end |62 bearsagainst its accompanying valve |58. By means of said springs |60, eachvalve |58 is automatically and normally maintained in closed position.The tank |50 is supported upon the legs |65. In the tank |50 areindicated a plurality of guide bars |51, which have their ends fastenedto the walls |5| and |52. Through each of the guide bars |61 is guided aplunger rod |10, which at its lower end has fastened thereto a plunger|1| adapted to enter its accompanying discharge nozzle |56. A beam |15connects the upper ends of the plunger rods |10. A bracket |18 extendsfrom the wall |5| and has journaled thereto the bell crank, having thearms |19 and |80. The arm |19 has an elongated opening |8| whichengagesa pin |82 extending from the beam |15. An electric motor hasconnected to its armature shaft the worm |86. The said motor issupported upon the foundation block |81. A bracket has one end fastenedto the block |81, and in its other end is journaled a shaft |9| to whichis fastened the worm wheel |92. The latter is in mesh with the worm |86.A connecting rod has one end pinned to the worm wheel |92 and its otherend is pinned to the bell crank arm |80. Below the tank |50 is indicatedthe box 90a. with its bottom wall 94, with its partition 95 and theshells 30 with their sticks 35, as already described.

Y The mulitple power driven depositor is operated as follows. The tank|50 is filled with its liquid or semi-liquid or semi-frozen confection,and the box 98a, is located in place. The operator starts the motor |85by means of which the bell crank having the arms |19 and |80, throughthe intervening mechanism, is oscillated. By this means the plunger rods|10 are reciprocated with their plungers |1 I. By this means, thedischarge nozzles |56 are filled with the liquid or semifrozenconfection. After the discharge nozzles |56 have been filled, theplungers |1| contacting with the upper faces of the confection in thesaid discharge nozzles |56, the said confection bears upon the kvalves|58 and is discharged from said nozzles |56, and enters the shells 30.When the discharge nozzles have been emptied, the valves |58automatically close the lower open ends of the discharge nozzles |56 bythe tension of the springs |60. It is to be noted that the contents ofthe discharge nozzles |56 are just enough to ll the shells 30.` Afterthe shells 30 have been filled, the box 90a is removed, and closed witha cover, and its contents treated as already described for Figs. 1 and2.

Referring to Figures 8 to 10 inclusive, the multple power drivendepositor for a single line of shells is indicated. This modificationcomprises the conveyer having the parallel members 200 and 20|. The saidconveyer has formed therein a plurality of openings 202. Adjacent toeach endV of the conveyer lare positioned the pairs of supporting frames263 and 204. Only one of each,l

adapted to coact with the ratchet wheel 2|0.4 An.

electric motor is indicated in its entiretyby the numeral 220. Thearmature shaft 22| of said motor has fastened thereto one end of thecrank 222. A connecting rod 225 connects the arm 2|3 and the crank 222.Shafts 226 and 221 are journalled in the upper members 266 of thesupporting frame 264. A sprocket wheel 228 is fastened to the shaft 226and a sprocket wheel 229 is fastened to the shaft 221. A sprocket chain236 connects said sprocket wheels. A crank 23| has one end fastened tothe shaft 221. A roller .233 is fastened to the shaft 226. A pulley 234is fastened to the shaft-.1221 and a roller 235 is fastened to the shaft209. A belt having the members 238 and 239 connects the rollers 233 and235. The belt having the members 238 and 239 has formed in its outersurface a plurality of indentations 246. Above the conveyer having themembers 266 and 26| is indicated a filling tank 245 which has dependingtherefrom the discharge nozzle 246. The said nozzle has indicatedtherein the opening 241. A bracket 248 exten-ds from said nozzle 246. Alever having the arms 249 and 250 is pivoted to the bracket 248 by meansof the pivot 25|, and a second lever having the arms 253 and 254 ispivoted to the bracket 248 by means of the pivot 255. A connecting rod258 has one end pivoted to the arm 254 and its other end is pivoted tothe crank 23|. A circular plate valve 266 is pivoted to the arm 249 bymeans of the pivot 26|, and also to the arm 253 by means ofthe pvot 262.The said valve 260 is adapted to exten-d through the opening 241 andinto the discharge nozzle 246. To the arm 250 is pivoted a plate valve265 similar to 260 by means of the pivot 266. The plate valve 265 alsoextends through an opening of, and into the discharge nozzle 246. A pairof Z-shaped supporting brackets 218 support the inclined guide plate 21|which bears up against the member 238 of the belt heretofore described.The shells with their sticks are again indicated at 30 Yand 35. The saidshells are supported upon the member 200 of the conveyer and the sticks35 extend through the openings 202 thereof, while the lower ends of thesaid sticks engage the indentations 240 of the member 238 of the beltalready described.

To use the multiple power `driven depositor just described and indicatedin Figs. 8 to 10 inclusive, the operator first fills the filling tank245 with the liquid or semi-frozen confection. The electric motor 220 isstarted, and with the rotations of its armature sha-ft 22|, the leverhaving the arms 2|3 and 2M is oscillated. The coactlon of the pawl 2|5with the ratchet wheel 2|() turns the latter and the member 233 of theconveyer, and is thereby intermittently moved in the direction of thearrow A, Fig. 8. During the movement of the conveyer having the members260 and 23H, the shaft 221 is turned. With the rotations of the shaft221, the shaft 226 is also turned through the intervention of thesprocket chain 233. The roller 233 turns with the shaft 223 and therebythe member of the belt is also moved in the direction of the arrow A. Itwill be noted by reason of the ratio of the diameters of the sprocketchain wheels 22B and 226, that the same linear speeds are imparted tothe conveyer and said belt. With the rotations of the shaft 221, thecrank 2.3i is revolved, thereby, through the intervention of theconnecting rod 258, the lever having the arms 253 254 is oscillated. Bythis means, the circular plate valves 266 and 265 are reciprocated inopposite directions. When the valve 233 is in its open positionrelatively t the discharge nozzle 246, the plate valve 265 is in itsclosed position. In this position of the Valves the liquid orsemi-frozen confection from the tank drops into the discharge nozzle243. When the plate valve 263 is in its closed position, the valve 233is in its open position and the supply of the confection in the tank 245is cut olf and the contents of the discharge nozzle 236 drops into theshell 36 that is in alignment with said discharge nozzle. The operationof the ratchet wheel 2m with its enacting pawl 2|5 is such as to locatethe shells 36 in proper position and in alignment with the dischargenozzle 246 at the proper interval. It is to be noted that the shells 36with their sticks 35 are placed in proper position en the conveyer andthe belt, before the confection from the discharge nozzle 246 isdischarged from the latter. While the member 238 travels in thedirection of the arrow A and when it bears upon the inclined guide,plate 21|, it is raised as plainly shown in Fig. 8, thereby the shells33 with their sticks 35 are raised to enable the operator to remove saidshells from the conveyer after they have been lled.

Referring to Figs. ll and 12, there is indicated a multiple manuallyoperated depositor and receiving apparatus for the shells which latteroperates in conjunction with a power driven conveyer. A pair of brackets363, one of which is shown, has journalled therein the shaft 36| onwhich is fastened the ratchet wheel 362. A pulley 363 is fastened tosaid shaft 33|. A lever having the arms 306 and 361 is pivoted on theshaft 36|. A pawl 3l!! is pivoted to the outer end of the arm 306. Thereis also indicated a pair of brackets 3|5 of which one is shown. A shaft3|6 is journalled in the brackets 3|5 and has fastened thereto thepulley 351. A conveyer having the upper member 323 and the lower member32| connects the pulleys 333 and 3l1. Guide strips 322 are securedcrosswise to the outer face of the said conveyer. An electric motor isindicated at 325 with its armature shaft 326. A crank 321 has one endthereof fastened to the armature shaft 326. A connecting rod 328 has itsends pivoted to the arm 331 and the crank 32'?. Above the conveyer ispositioned the lling tank 33E similar to 245, and from which extend inline with openings in its bottom wall a plurality of discharge nozzles336, in this instance twelve. From each discharge nozzle 333 extends abracket 331. In each bracket 331 is pivoted a lever having the arms 333and 343, by means of the pivot 34|. The upper ends of the arms 339 areconnected by cross-bars 333. The said bars 343 are connected by thelongitudinal bars 344, From one of the bars 343 extends the operatinghandle 345. A plurality of circular plate valves 346 are pivoted to eachof the bars 343. The said valves 346 are adapted to enter the dischargenozzles 336 through openings in the latter. To the lower end of each ofthe arms 340 is pivoted a similar circular valve 348. The latter valvesare adapted to enter the discharge nozzles 336 through openings therein.A plurality of boxes 66a with their partitions 95 and shells 36 andtheir sticks 35, as already described, are positioned on the uppermember 320 of the conveyer between the guide strips 322.

To operate this modification of the depositor, the operator starts theelectric motor 325, and through the intervention of the lever having thearms 365 and 332', the pawl 3|0 and the ratchet wheel 302, the member329 of the conveyer is moved in the direction of the arrow AI. Theliquid or semi-frozen confection is placed into the tank 330 and ismaintained therein by locating the valves 336 within the dischargenozzles 336, which is accomplished by pushing the handle 345 towardssaid nozzles. The boxes 96a with their contents are positioned in placebetween the guide strips 322 upon the conveyer on which they are movedintermittently. When the boxes 33a are respectively under the dischargenozzles 336, with the shells 33 axially in line therewith the operatorpushes the handle 345 from the position indicated in Fig. 11 to enterthe valves 346 into the said discharge nozzles. time the valves 348 arewithdrawn from said nozzles and the charges of the liquid or semifrozenconfection in the discharge nozzles fall into the shells 36, at whichinstant the Valves 346 are positioned in their closed position. Theconveyer continues to move and the operator removes the boxes a withtheir contents therefrom.

Various modications may be made in the invention, and the presentexemplications are to be taken as illustrative and not limitativethereof.

We claim:

1. For confections in combination, a box, a partition having openingswithin said box, adapted to position shells for confections within saidbox and extending through the openings of said partitions, each of saidshells having a supporting stick extending with its bottom end bearingon the bottom of said box, a depositor 5' positioned above said box,said depositor comprising a filling tank, a bottom wall for said tankhaving openings, discharge nozzles extending from said tank and axiallyin line with said openings, a valve hinged to the lower open end of yeach discharge nozzle, a spring for each valve with one end thereoffastened to its nozzle and its other end bearing up against said door,operating bars positioned below said filling tank, vertical membersextending from each of said bars, an operating handle connecting eachpair of vertical members, U-shaped connecting bars extending from saidoperating bars and a hook end at the lower portions of the U-shapedconnecting bars extending through openings in extensions of said valves.

2. For confections the combination in a multiple manually operateddepositor, a lling tank, a plurality of moulds below the tank, a bottomWall for the tank having openings, discharge At the same nozzlesextending from said tank and axially in line with said openings, a Valvehinged to the lower open end of each discharge nozzle, a spring for eachvalve with one end thereof fastened to its nozzle and its other endbearing up against said valve, operating bars positioned below saidtank, vertical members extending from each of Vsaid bars an operatinghandle connecting each pair of Vertical members, U-shaped connectingbars extending from said operating bars and a hook end at the lowerportions of the U-shaped connecting bars extending through openings inextensions of said valves.

3. In a multiple manually operated depositor the combination of a llingtank for a material to be deposited therefrom at intervals, dischargenozzles extending from said tank, a valve hinged to the lower open endof each discharge nozzle, an extension having an opening integral witheach valve, a spring for each valve having one end thereof fastened toits nozzle and its other end bearing up against said valve, operatingbars positioned below said lling tank, vertical members extending upfrom each of said bars, an operating handle connecting said verticalmembers, a pair of connecting bars extending from each operating bar anda hook at the lower end of each connecting bar extending throughtheopening of the extension of its adjacent Valve.

LEO OVERLAND. BENJAMIN BRENNER.

